Default shapes in grey outline (or blue!)

[DH42]

Hi - I've had issues with the default outline colour for shapes being grey, previously blue, and I always need them to be black. Given I use Word predominantly with shape creation for my work, it's becoing a complete pain that I have to change the outline colour each time, especially as the 'shape outline' drop-down box no longer has the simple option to change the colour since my computer last did an update. (See pic)
I have to click on 'more outline colours' to begin the tedious process, and often it doesn't change the shape colour at all, requiring me to go to the 'shape styles' visual box, scroll through to the thick black one, then reduce the line width accordingly.
Any ideas how to get it to use a simple 1pt black line to create all the shapes rather than the default grey?


Thanks!

[Italophile]

Paste the following into your favourite search engine:
set default shape format in word

[DH42]

Thank you - it's not easy, but I think I've sorted that bit by tweaking the normal.dotm file...

I'm not sure why my 'shape outline' button is greyed out, and the 'theme colours', 'recent colours' etc. do not show up, as that seems vital to changing the colours. I still have that on my OLDER docs, the ones I set up before the latest update, but any NEW docs I set up all have a minimal menu on 'shape outline' and I don't have the option to change the colour.

Anyone any idea? Is it just a glitch on mine?

[Italophile]

Look at your title bar. It tells you that the document is in Compatibility Mode. Click on File and upgrade the document.

[DH42]

Great - that's solved it, thank you!